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Contents 1 Academy Award 2 First Film 3 Bird's voice in Family Dog? 4 Bit POV 5 Plague Dogs - Disney?

[edit] Academy Award

If he is "Academy Award-winning" as written in the article, what award and for which work?

Well, if you read the whole article, not just the introductory sentence, it clearly states "In 2005, Bird won an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category for The Incredibles." ROG 19 12:42, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Film

What was the name of Brad Birds film that he made when he was 13? Could we put more detail on the film? Like picures of it!

[edit] Bird's voice in Family Dog?

I've recently re-watched "The Family Dog" and note that Bird has a voice credit in it, however I can find no verification of which character he voiced. However there is a character, the dog trainer Madam Gerta LeStrange, who has a voice that seems strikingly similar to the voice of Edna Mode in "The Incredibles." The character is also somewhat similar in appearance and demeanor. 209.144.236.194 08:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)Greg Banville, Animator

[edit] Bit POV

"He left school in order to go to work at Disney, but was fired shortly after working on The Fox and the Hound in 1981 for trying to keep up quality." This caught my attention and seemed a bit far-fetched, without a reference. Davidovic 08:35, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plague Dogs - Disney?

"Upon graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, Bird began working for Disney. His time with Disney was brief, and he left shortly after working on The Fox and the Hound in 1981 and the little seen The Plague Dogs in 1982." I think it will be understood that "The plague dogs" is a Disney film. It isn't true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.9.32.24 (talk) 19:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)